Las Vegas, Nevada
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Top Backpacking Spots in and near Las Vegas
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Mount Charleston, Nevada
Trail Canyon in the Mt. Charleston Wilderness
3.82 mi / 1588 ft gainTHE TRAIL The Trail Canyon Trail is a 3.8 mile out-and-back moderately trafficked route located in the Mt. Charleston Wilderness located approximately 45 minutes northeast of Las Vegas, NV. This difficult trail offers access to Mt. Charleston Peak, the western side of the Mummy Mountain Trail,...Read more -
Las Vegas, Nevada
Hike to the Hidden Forest Cabin
11.37 mi / 2110 ft gainStraddling the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge protects a wide variety of ecosystems across a diverse landscape. The refuge was established in 1936 in order to provide habitat for the desert bighorn sheep and other desert wildlife. Today, it is the largest wild...Read more -
Clark County, Nevada
Hike the Bowl of Fire in the Muddy Mountains Wilderness
8 mi / 500 ft gainThe Bowl of Fire, tucked away in the Muddy Mountains Wilderness, is made up of the same dramatic conglomerate as that of the Valley of Fire, only almost no-one stops to visit as they blitz by on Northshore Road in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.To get there take the Northshore Road 16 mil...Read more
